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Washington Elementary School reports 0.3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Washington Elementary School fell to 0.3 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a NW Illinois News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Sterling CUSD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 381 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Washington Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015129
20162210
20171311
20181411
20190.3513

Washington Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969494
2016969494
2017969394
2018969494
2019959594

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